2015-16 Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week 1

Three different teams received first place rankings from nine different media outlets – four votes for the Rangers, three for the Canadiens and two for the Lightning.

Seven different teams received top three voting

To get our consensus point total, we awarded the top team 30 points, the second team 29 points, third team 28 points, etc. Added each teams total points and divided by the number of outlets used.

** Keep in mind the dates the rankings were posted, and in some cases, they may have been submitted to their editors the day before it was posted **

RK	Team	PTS	Yahoo! Sports Oct. 14th	NESN Oct. 14th	the Score Oct. 14th	CBS Sports Oct. 13th	SI Oct. 13th	ESPN Oct 12th	CSN Chi. Oct. 12th	CSN Mid Atl. Oct. 12th	Fox Sports Oct. 11th
1		253
2		250
3		245
4		233				
5		226							
6		217								
7		212
8		206									
9		197					
10		193		
11		172
12		163
13		161						
14		157
15		148
16		143
17		137
18		127
19		120
20		104
21		90
22		76
23		58
24		54
25		49
26		43
27		42
28		41
29		38
30		30